76: ALPHONSE MUCHA PARIS WORLD'S FAIR GUIDE BOOK COVER

Cover for the Guide to the Austrian Exhibition at the 1900 World Exposition in Paris.

Officieller Fuhrer durch die Oesterreichischen Abtheilungen der Weltausstellung, Paris 1900.

(Official Guide to the Austrian Sections at the World's Exposition Paris 1900), front and back.

cover of guide-book, co-published by F. Champenois and Otto Maass & Sohne, Paris and.

Vienna, color and metallic gold stone lithography on heavy paper, female figure.

representing Austria in pink robe and folk bonnet with background of laurel leaves, the back cover with stylized griffin head and roundel of three maidens representing History, Faith and Hope.

Professionally framed and matted in archival materials.
Sight sizes 8 x 4, frame measures 14 x 15 inches.
Fair condition with considerable losses as shown.
Provenance: The Estate of Robert Allan Haas.
$150 - $300